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Song of Solomon 2

The Message Bible MSG

1 I'm just a wildflower picked from the plains of Sharon, a lotus blossom from the valley pools.

2 A lotus blossoming in a swamp of weeds - that's my dear friend among the girls in the village.

3 As an apricot tree stands out in the forest, my lover stands above the young men in town. All I want is to sit in his shade, to taste and savor his delicious love.

4 He took me home with him for a festive meal, but his eyes feasted on me!

5 Oh! Give me something refreshing to eat - and quickly! Apricots, raisins - anything. I'm about to faint with love!

6 His left hand cradles my head, and his right arm encircles my waist!

7 Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem, by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer: Don't excite love, don't stir it up, until the time is ripe - and you're ready.

8 Look! Listen! There's my lover! Do you see him coming? Vaulting the mountains, leaping the hills.

9 My lover is like a gazelle, graceful; like a young stag, virile. Look at him there, on tiptoe at the gate, all ears, all eyes - ready!

10 My lover has arrived and he's speaking to me! Get up, my dear friend, fair and beautiful lover - come to me!

11 Look around you: Winter is over; the winter rains are over, gone!

12 Spring flowers are in blossom all over. The whole world's a choir - and singing! Spring warblers are filling the forest with sweet arpeggios.

13 Lilacs are exuberantly purple and perfumed, and cherry trees fragrant with blossoms. Oh, get up, dear friend, my fair and beautiful lover - come to me!

14 Come, my shy and modest dove - leave your seclusion, come out in the open. Let me see your face, let me hear your voice. For your voice is soothing and your face is ravishing.

15 Then you must protect me from the foxes, foxes on the prowl, Foxes who would like nothing better than to get into our flowering garden.

16 My lover is mine, and I am his. Nightly he strolls in our garden, Delighting in the flowers

17 until dawn breathes its light and night slips away. Turn to me, dear lover. Come like a gazelle. Leap like a wild stag on delectable mountains!

New Living Translation NLT

1 I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain, the lily of the valley.

2 Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women.

3 Like the finest apple tree in the orchard is my lover among other young men. I sit in his delightful shade and taste his delicious fruit.

4 He escorts me to the banquet hall; it’s obvious how much he loves me.

5 Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am weak with love.

6 His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

7 Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right.

8 Ah, I hear my lover coming! He is leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

9 My lover is like a swift gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he is behind the wall, looking through the window, peering into the room.

10 My lover said to me, “Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!

11 Look, the winter is past, and the rains are over and gone.

12 The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.

13 The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming. Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!”

14 My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see your face; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely.

15 Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard of love, for the grapevines are blossoming!

16 My lover is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

17 Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, return to me, my love, like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.